© MB OPINION ‘ELECTION NIGHT The IFP - Halton Hills | Thursday, HOUR BY HOUR THE EXCITEMENT BUILDS, WRITES KAREN MICELI KAREN MICELI Column It'sabout trust. Our rela- tionship with our readers is built on transparency, hon- we have law initiative to tell you who we ae and how and why we do e do. This article is ing. * Election night is a big- ger night than any other for a newsroom. Hour by hour, the sus- pense escalates as the polls close and the voting results start to come in. The rush to get the news out, when a candidate is de- clared the winner, is exhil- arating. Ifthe results differ from what was expected or there isaclose race, thatadds an- ofher layer of thrills and aren you just as excited to find out who will form the 43rd parliament of On- tario and who will re- present you at Queen's 2 ark? Look no further than your community newspa- per. We'll have you covered § forall the local results of the BIG NIGHT FOR NEWSROOMS Our team of reporters and editors works every électio well past midnight reporting the results while set out comments from the winners and any other candidates who they can track down. Our pho- tographer spends the night at candidates’ headquar- ters capturing on camera as much of the action as Posse regularly read the pent tedition of the ‘commu- tion issue last Thursday that included candidate profiles, opinion columns, general cle ction informa- tion and m Or maybe y you have seen our election coverage on- line on our websites, insi- dehalton.com and thelFP- care As mentioned, we will have boots on the ground on election night, provid- ing live coverage on our websites before, during and after the results are re- vealed. In our print edi- tions June 9, we will bring you some perspectives on how the formation of xt government will im- pact Halton. Please watch your com- munity website for more details our election nigh covers. Thanks for Karen Miceli is manag- ing editor of Metroland's Halton community newspa- tions and value your com- ments. Email our trust committee at trust@met- roland.com. TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT THEIFPCA SNAPSHOT Ross Pezzack photo Atrillium blooms along the Bruce Trail in Georgetown. Do you have a great local photo you'd like to share? Send it to sleblanc@metroland.com, along with a brief description. WHAT'S THE BEST ROUTE FOR INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE? Arecent study by Natix- is Investment Managers found the number of mil- lennials that had an advi- sor was 40 per cent, while those using automated fi- nancial services only ac- counted for seven per cent. I suspect that was be- cause it surveyed those with at least $100,000 US.) of i PETER WATSON Column Themost My observation is peo- ple with reasonable amounts of money to invest prefer dealing with a hu- ee There was a large dis- crepancy in the level of trust. Nine out of 10 millen- nials trust their advisor for quarter of those surveyed trusted social media. Those in North America had the highest rating for using a financial advisor at 72 per cent. tistic in the survey was in North America, slightly more millennials had ai iA nancial advisor than older generation of baby boomers. As for whether humans or technology are best suit- ed to provide financial ad- vice, I think it's a combina- tion of the two working to- gether that's the perfect formula. are some task: computers are far better at erformin; However, there are oth- er things that are best done by a human. Let technology crunch the numbers and provide cash-flow projections. But havea person help younav- igatet me human side of in- and assist with im- Neto! decisions. Peter Watson is regis- tered with Aligned Capital Partners Inc. (ACPI) to provide investment advice. Investment products are provided by ACPI. ACPI is the Invest- ment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of ACPI. Watson provides wealtl management services through Watson Invest- ments. He can be reached at www.watsoninvestment- s.com. SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT THEIFP.CA ABOUT US This newspaper, published every Thursday, is a division of the Metroland Media Group Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. The Metroland family of newspapers is comprised of more than 70 community publications across Ontario. 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